Workplace violence: an exploratory study into nurses interpretations and responses to violence and abuse in trauma and emergency departments
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Date
2004
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Violence in society has reached epidemic level and has permeated the walls of the workplace. Workplace violence has also spread across all occupations, especially those dealing with the public, and has escalated over the years. In this thesis the researcher explored the experiences, perceptions and coping mechanisms used by nurses exposed to violence in the health setting. The main focus was to determine how the nurses interpret abuse, and does this interpretation determine their response to the abuse.
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Magister Curationis
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Medical personnel, Assaults against, South Africa, Western Cape, Violence in hospitals, Violence in the workplace